I think it would fit nicely in my TV cabinet/stand where my Wii u sits in one of the shelves. Easy to dock/un-dock it. Actually, now I think about it I'd need to double the amount of height to get the Switch in...

EviL Ras wrote:Source of the post Also, the switch uses an underclocked tegra chip. so would you be better with a nvidia shield? Tappy has experience of this and can say whether it worked out or not.

scarbunny wrote:Source of the post I'm kind of interested in the Switch, the price of the main unit doesn't put me off sure it's higher than I would have liked but Brexit. Considering the Shield Tablet is £200ish and extra £70 for having hardware/software worth having with games worth playing is probably worth the premium.

I paid £300 for the Shield Tablet (not K1) and that was when it had been out for quite a while and they were discounting it with a free controller!

I think the Shield is a different kettle of fish, because, unless you're streaming from GRID (which worked great) or from the PC (which sometimes worked...), you're just playing Android games. Which, albeit sometimes optimized, played with no performance issues. Whereas the Switch is going to have games designed for it, so they don't need to take into account someone using a Samsung Pro 1 One Plus Fourteen with a 200MHz processor running Android Cunninglingus or whatever - so should be able to get more out of it locally. And, hopefully, a less needy OS than Android, so won't get the slow down so much.

Wonder how the battery life on the Switch holds up in real life. The Shield was never good if you were gaming.

The complete lack of games is really putting me off, Zelda seems to be the only thing worth getting in the first 2 months of launch but I've never got on with a 3D Zelda game. The end of April sees the launch of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, however that has no new tracks just what is available for the Wii U with some shiny new graphics. Then there seems to be nothing until Mario for Christmas, by which time Microsoft's Project Scorpio should be out and compatible with every Xbox One game.

But it's new shiny tech that's out soon. Although saying that I passed on the PSVR which at least offers a new experience so maybe I don't need to buy all the games tech.